Bluebook

The phrase "Blue Book" can mean 3 different things:

    • When you say "Bluebook" to a lawyer, he thinks you are referring to the Uniform System of Citation, which is a guide to citation form.
    • The ALR Blue Book of Supplemental Decisions updates the first series of ALR.
    • The National Reporter Bluebook is an antiquated means of updating cases that has been largely replaced by Shepard's. Don't spend too much time on it.